beguilement

noun

1
as in allurement

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2
as in fascination

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beguilement
  1. enticement
  2. fascination
  3. flattery
  4. captivation
  5. endearment
  6. enchantment
  7. adulation
  8. stimulation
Noun
  • Kelly's 2022 Chicago case also ended with a guilty verdict on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • The island’s other enticements are on hand, too, from visiting the island’s farm to Jumby’s legendary white night parties.
    — Sarah Turner, Robb Report, 25 June 2026
Definition of enticement
Noun
  • Key leadership reshuffle The black box of China’s elite politics has long been a source of fascination for journalists, scholars and foreign governments alike.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • That visceral response reflects a lifelong fascination with music as a physical experience.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fascination
Noun
  • Tom Cruise's recent effusive praise for Kate Middleton was not just Hollywood flattery, according to royal experts.
    — Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Imitation isn’t always a form of flattery, as evidenced by these stars’ reactions to on-screen depictions of their lives.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of flattery
Noun
  • The works on display depict his intricate captivation with the relationship between humankind and nature.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ultimately, Fonda opened up to dating Turner, and their relationship became a point of captivation for the media, as the liberal Hollywood star and the conservative, audacious businessman appeared to be total opposites.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Definition of captivation
Noun
  • That Bournemouth are winless after four games of their Premier League season, with three points from the 12 available, is momentarily lost in a moment of mutual endearment — the city and the Brazilian striker have embraced each other.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Turns out, this is a term of endearment, not an insult.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 17 June 2026
Definition of endearment
Noun
  • But that enchantment began long before the beach clubs and celebrity sightings.
    — Lanie Goodman, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • All of them are concerned with legacy, particularly among fathers and daughters (Shakespeare had two and lost his only son), and all of them touch a realm beyond the mundane — a place of gods and dreams, oracles and enchantment.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of enchantment
Noun
  • This adulation is all Fujino needs to take Kyomoto under her wing, and soon the two are inseparable, collaborating on strips where Fujino writes the stories and draws the figures while Kyomoto does the backgrounds.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Djokovic will have cheers about as loud as the ones that will be heard for the Americans Shelton and Fritz, the type of adulation that often fizzles before the ultimate prize.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of adulation
Noun
  • Researchers now think the answer is not more stimulation, but a chance to reset exhausted fibroblasts.
    — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As for us, we are engaged in the usual rituals of brewing cups of stimulation — our choice today is orange creme — and foraging for items of interest.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of stimulation
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